Harboursandport.com: Lagos--- By Ayobami
Adedinni
The
anti-smuggling Unit of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) the Federal
Operations Unit, Zone A, Wednesday said it has intercepted various contraband
with Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth over N1.6 billion in three weeks.
Addressing
newsmen earlier Wednesday, the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Unit, Garba
Uba Mohammed, said the command intercepted the contraband goods between March
19th and April 9th 2018.
According
to him, the Unit intercepted various contraband with a DPV of over N1,461billion,
even as he said his officers and men through intervention recovered N166
million as duty payment and Demand Notices (DN) on general goods from seaport,
airport, and border stations through wrong classification, transfer of value
and short change in duty payment in the month of March alone making a
cumulative of N1.6 billion within the period under review.
The
seized items include Indian hemp of 1,550kg valued at N74 million, 64 exotics
cars worth about N919 million, 6003 bags of Foreign parboiled rice (equivalent
to 10 trailers) worth N74 million, 963 cartons of frozen poultry products worth
about N6 million, 431 jerry cans of vegetable oil valued at N5 million and 163
bales of used clothing worth N8 million among others.
Garba
informed that the Indian hemp intercepted along Olorunda axis of Ogun state
based on intelligence was the highest seizure of hard drugs in the history of
FOU Zone A.
In
his words, “the 570 parcels and 98 sacks of Indian hemp weighing 1,550kg
intercepted based on intelligence along Olorunda axis of Ogun state
is the highest seizure of such hard drugs in the history of FOU Zone A.
“You
all know what would have happened if it got to the wrongs hand undetected, in
the spirit of inter agency relationship the seized Indian hemp will be handed
over to NDLEA for further investigations.”
Among
the detained vehicles include one Toyota land cruiser (2018) one escalades
cardilac (2017) one Range Rover, three Toyota Camry (2009, 2010,
2017) among others with a duty paid value worth over N258
million.
He
however urged all smugglers and their accomplices to desist from such trade
malpractices and invest their money in legitimate business.
“let
me warn all smugglers and intending ones and their accomplices to desist from
such malpractices and invest their money in legitimate business as the unit has
devised other operational modalities that will give them a run for their money
and count their loses and finally end in jail.”
He
added that 10 suspects have been arrested in connection to the seizures.
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